
Unhappy netizens mock RM500 smartphone criteria
Twittersphere is especially abuzz with jokes on what the potential cheap smartphone would do, such as sport a Najib wallpaper.


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MB says it is time for the Pakatan gov't to use the state reserve for projects, and building BN's undelivered bridge.


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CM says his budget will make Penang the first state to eradicate poverty, ahead of its 2015 deadline.



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'If he can do business in the grave, he will probably do it,' says Bung Mokhtar.
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'Even a Year Five child can do it... there is only one analysis', says the PKR director of strategy.


Despite its shortcomings, a forum panelist commends the opposition's effort, as unlike the gov't, they can't access civil dept data.

Lower prices means more cars ‘flooding’ KL and higher petrol consumption, says BN’s Abdul Rahman Dahlan, but Tony Pua says nay.

Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah says Pakatan’s proposed budget will force the gov't to spend RM224.3bil on operating expenses.

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1,000 students from independent Islamic schools demonstrate at Parliament House for funding for their schools.


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‘The RM299 million of subsidy exceeds the RM278 million sugar subsidy budgeted for the country in 2013’.

‘Pakatan's minimum wage of RM1,100 will add to the country's debt burden, and will definitely burden the rakyat in the long run.'

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The deputy premier says Pakatan Rakyat has no economic credentials because they are not in government.

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Gov't tardiness in providing a financial support system for SMIs is killing them, says Pakatan.

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PM's 2013 GDP was measured against 2005 prices, while last year's used 2000's, with different results.


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'If our economy expands at five percent, we're confident the country's debt won't hit 55 percent (of GDP),’ says PM.


